Troilus and Cressida

Synopsis

A video recording, using a single, fixed camera of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1990 production of Troilus and Cressida. Directed by Sam Mendes with Amanda Root as Cressida, Ralph Fiennes as Troilus and Simon Russell Beale as Thersites.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Recording date

26 Jan 1991

Duration

180 mins

Credits

Director

Sam Mendes

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Shaun Davey

Production Design

Anthony Ward

Cast

Ralph Fiennes	Troilus
Amanda Root	Cressida
Simon Russell Beale	Thersites
Norman Rodway	Pandarus
Alfred Burke	Nestor
Ciaran Hinds	Achilles
David Troughton	Hector
Grant Thatcher	Diomedes
Griffith Jones	Priam, King of Troy
John Warnaby	Paris
Julie Saunders	Andromache
Linda Kerr Scott	Cassandra
Lloyd Hutchinson	Alexander
Michael Bott	Helenus
Michael Gardiner	Menelaus
Mike Dowling	Aeneas
Paterson Joseph	Patroclus
Richard Avery	Calchas
Richard Ridings	Ajax
Sally Dexter	Helen
Shura Greenberg	Servant (attending on Paris)
Simon Austin	Antenor
Sylvester Morand	Agamemnon

Additional Details

Theatre

Swan Theatre

Theatre company

Royal Shakespeare Company

Production type

Stage Recordings

Historical period

No period

Plays

Troilus and Cressida

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

The RSC Archive made recordings of the production at the Swan Theatre and The Pit.

History

Press night (Swan) 26 April 1990.

Stills

Stills from, and design notes on, the production are available on the Arts and Humanities Performing Arts Data Service (AHDS) at http://ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/designing-shakespeare.htm

Reviews

Beale, Simon Russell ‘Thersites in Troilus and Cressida’ in Jackson, Russell & Smallwood, Robert (eds). Players of Shakespeare 3: Further Essays in Shakespearian Performance by Players with the Royal Shakespeare Company. (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993), pp160-73. Simon Russell Beale talks about his playing of the role of Thersites in Sam Mendes’ production.

Production Company

Name

Royal Shakespeare Company

Web

https://www.rsc.org.uk External site opens in new window

Address

Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Waterside
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
CV37 6BB

Archive

Name

Shakespeare Birthplace Collections

Email

collections@shakespeare.org.uk

Web

https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/collections/ External site opens in new window

Address

Shakespeare Centre
Henley Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6QW